Snape and his use of "The Dark Lord"

[jmwcfo]

No: HPFGUIDX 167128

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tandra" <tkjones9 at ...> wrote:
>
> Ok so as I stated before I am reading OoTP over again and I don't know
> why I didn't notice it before but Snape calls Voldermort The Dark
> Lord, every time he references him, and gets mad at Harry for using
> his real name. I just find it odd. I mean, everyone else either calls
> him "you know who" or by his name (to the dismay of others) It just
> makes me raise and eyebrow that Snape seems to reference him in this
> kind of reverence.
> 
> Tandra
>

Jay Winokur:

This is the title by which all Death Eaters refer to LV.  Some readers 
cite this as an indication that Snape still is a DE and is not DDM.

I use it as support for my prediction that Snape is not DDM.  However, 
I believe he is a free agent, attempting to supplant LV by playing 
DDM/OotP against LV/DE.

Briefly, if you google/Wickipedia "Severus" you find at least three 
references to Roman emperors and generals.  Some are major historical 
figures, such as General Julius Severus, who killed over 600,000 people 
in crushing the Bar Kochba revolt in 2nd century Judea.  Others are 
relatively minor, such as the second Emperor Severus.

The figure I find most interesting is the first Emperor Severus.  He 
was one of three powerful Roman generals.  He prevailed over the other 
two, becoming Emperor, by alternately partnering with and then 
betraying one and then the other.  The other two generals were named 
(iirc) Albion and Niger.  The metaphoric similarities to Albus (Albion) 
and Dark Lord (Niger) resonate with me.

To paraphrase Sirius Black's reference of Snape, the world is not 
separated into good people and Death Eaters.  Snape is not a good 
person; nor is he a loyal DE.

Jay Winokur